Why Poetry?

Why Poetry?

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Why Poetry? episodes

  • Ep 2: Who is 'I' ? (The Self in Verse Pt.1)
    This Episode I sit down with Casey Bailey and Hannah Ledlie to talk about the use of “I”, Its ability, intentional or not to connect the voice of a poem to the poet. And what that can mean for both poet and poem.
    35 min
  • Ep 1: OUT LOUD!
    On Episode 1 Think/Write/Fly Sits down with Poets Yomi Sode and Khairani Barokka to figure out why Poets are still a thing? and why the art of storytelling in verse spoken aloud is unlikely to go anywhere anytime soon.
    39 min

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VerseFirst’s Flagship Podcast. Why Poetry? dedicated itself to exploring questions of poetics, the socio-politics of poetry, how poems end up in the forms and places they do.